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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Well happy
Twisted Thursday to all you Outlawz members and crafty peeps alike!

It’s that
time again, and we have a new twist for this week’s Anything Goes challenge for
you.

It’s all
about “Wheels”

Now I’ve
had this little image kicking around in my stamped/printed stash that I’ve been
waiting to use, and this challenge has given me the perfect opportunity to do so.

There is
also one particular person that I have in mind to give it to as well. It is her rubber
stamp that used and she just happens to be near and dear to my heart. I just
want to remind her of that fact, therefore I have used one of my fav friendship
sentiments.

Now, it is
a pretty basic card again this week as I didn’t have a lot of Copic
colouring to do…I should do this more often cuz I am a lot faster at making
them, LOL J

I simply
used my cool grey collection to give the shaded areas a little more depth and
then gave it a colour pop with the flowers in the basket. I followed up with some flocking and a dab here and there with various Spica twinkling
pens.

Both the border punch and the flowers were made using Martha Stewart products. Add a little bit of ribbon
and some Viva Décor Pearl pen dots in the corners and it was finished.

But to me it is what is inside that counts...

This is a
little rubber stamp from LOTV that I found simply irresistible, a must have if you
will.

It is the
exact way I view my friendships.

I couldn't have said it better myself, so I popped this inside the card and tomorrow it will be on it's way to my dear friend.

Thanks for stopping by again this week, and I must say thank you again for all the wonderful and kind comments that you leave for me. Please know that each one is cherished and has warmed my heart, for I appreciate your time more than you will ever know.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Hello there
crafty peeps, it’s another Twisted Thursday Anything Goes Challenge over at the
Outlawz!

Thanks to
all of you who joined us last week for our

“Be an
Angel” twist. We had some very lovely cards submitted during that particular
challenge, and I really must mention that my fellow DT members rocked the
challenge as well. Their cards not only were inspiration but simply put…works
of art!!!

This week
our twist is an easy peasey one…

“Flowers
and Rhinestones”

Here is my
card…

I bought
some Bugaboo images recently, and learned that if you sign up to receive their
newsletter they will provide you with a monthly freebie. This was the September
freebie and I think it’s gorgeous and very appropriate for this challenge.

It didn’t
require a lot of Copic colouring this time so I spent most of my time on the
layout instead.

I used my
swirl Cuttlebug embossing folder to create the background mattes and two
different sized Spellbinder circle dies for the actual image.

I mounted the smaller circle on top of the
larger circle, and then used various embellishments; on the flowers I used MS
Onyx glitter; diamond stickles here and there, clear mini round gems to define
the smaller floating bubbles and then finally some rhinestones. The sentiment is from SU.

I am looking forward to seeing your creations, so get yourselves into that crafty spirit and I'll see you over at the Outlawz.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

We are back
again for another Outlawz Twisted Thursday Anything Goes challenge, and this
week our twist is;

“Be an Angel”.

I must say I've been waiting to use this particular Mo's Digital Pencil image for a while, and I was
pretty happy when I saw our twist this week.

So, here I
am typing up this post when I popped over to Mo’s web site to get the exact
name of the image. Low and behold I discover this little cutie patootie is
actually a fairy! Birthday Fairy Lee to
be exact...Oops! So, let’s pretend for this week that she is actually a
ballerina with angel wings, ok?

I printed
Birthday Fairy Lee, I mean Angel, onto Neenah card-stock and then coloured her with
my Copic Markers.

As for the
paper, well I've decided to recycle some of the many cards that I have
received from my crafty friends over the years.

While purging my craft/office/den space to accommodate
my Nephew I decided to try and give some of these cards a new lease on life.

I carefully
disassembled one and redesigned it into this card. One of my faithful followers
gave me this card a few years ago; do you know who you are?????

The papers were too beautiful to be just sitting in my sample card file, so I just wanted to bring them into the limelight again. I hope you don't mind :)

TUTU - BG 10, 11, 15

WINGS - BG 0000, 10

CUPCAKE - R81, 83, 85, 89 E71, 81

TIGHTS/SHOE - R81, 83, 20, 00

HAIR - E50, 51, 53, 55

SKIN - E21, 00,000, R20, R30

I used some
stickles on the wings, my Martha Stewart punch for the flowers and then a touch
of Viva Décor Cream Pearl pen for the flower centers.

So there you have it, this week's Angel twist. I am looking forward to seeing your Angel creations this week.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Hey there
crafty peeps! I have a quick post to let
you know that I am having a great week, and I would like to share the reasons
why with you before my post on Thursday. Otherwise it would likely be one of my
blah, blah, blah posts.

Firstly, a dear
friend received some miraculous news about her ill health, in that the possible
worst case scenario was not realized. Instead, I think she might just have an
angel watching over her and I will just leave it at that. Don’t ever under
estimate the power of prayer for God is great, and I thank him from the depth
of my soul for this outcome.

Another
great thing that happened within the last few days was, “Moi” was picked to
design for a new challenge blog called “Eclectic Ellapu”.

Now it is a new site
and will be up and running soon, which I think will be on or about October 14,
2012.

I submitted my name during the initial design team call because I thought
the concept behind the blog as exceptional and unique.

I also felt that I was
ready to take on a little bit more responsibility. There are two teams of DT’s and we create for challenges fortnightly, so I don’t
anticipate that being problematic for me.

I will be on the PURPLE DT and am really
looking forward to working with my new DT girlies. I will most certainly keep
you in the loop as the date draws near with details as I receive them.

Lastly, but
certainly not least…I won a challenge this week too, YAY! That random generator
thingy picked

Thursday, September 6, 2012

My 17 year old nephew has moved in with us so he can attend a local
University. It’s going to be a journey of firsts for all, as we did not have
any children and he is far away from home for the first time in his life.

I am seriously considering banning and/or hiding movies such as
Animal House, Dead Poet's Society, Good Will Hunting, Scent Of a Woman, American Pie, from the house, need I say more.

Anyway, on to my card…

This week our Anything Goes challenge has a“Circus” twist. The circus is
a great theme because it is open to so much interpretation, so muster up those creative mojos and let’s see what you’ve got!

This is my "Circus" interpretation…

Now I’m pretty certain that you must be shielding your eyes, or doning
sunglasses due to my colour explosion, but to me the Circus means colour
overload!!!!

I printed the image onto Neenah cardstock and then coloured her up with
my Copic markers. I chose to work with primary colours because you can make
them bold or soft by just adding or removing one of the markers from the tone
collection you are using. Plus children totally relate to them as well.

I also layered a few areas for additional depth. Have a closer look...

I love the layering because the images just seem to come alive as if they could just walk off the paper.

My layout is from Tuesday Morning Sketchesthis week, #162 which is perfect because it is basic. You all know me by now I'm sure not big on embellies, not to say that I don't like them!

Today I used a new Cuttlebug embossing folder (purple), scraps for everything else, EK Success border punch (which I coloured with copics so it matched) and lastly a wee button with bakers twine. The sentiment I found hanging around so I used it today...pretty simple!

The more I look at the card though I wish I had used a white matte behind the purple
paper as it seems sort of lost without it. Oh well!

Anyway peeps, it's your turn to show us your interpretation and I can't wait to see what you come up with.

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About Me

In 2000 I was stricken with a life altering illness that ended my professional career in law enforcement. You think your life is going according to plan, and then one day you wake up and it all changes. I have many physical disabilities that rob me of my independence. After overcoming many hurdles there came the day when I desperately needed to find something meaningful to do with my time. It had to be constructive, challenging, and had to keep my brain active. I tried so many different things that just didn’t light that spark, so I kept trying new things and so on. One day I found myself dabbling in the paper crafting world where I developed a passion for Copic Marker colouring, and guess what, I found that spark. Now I have a new passion, a new direction wherein that I want to learn more and more.
If somebody had of told me that I would eventually create a blog and display my artistic abilities within it I would have told them they were off their rocker! However, I didn't get here alone; together with the love of a wonderful man, a truly amazing family, my masterful friend Sean, and along with some awesome and wacky women friends, I was able to get it together.